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Friday, July 7, 2017

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*NBC* *Ali Watkins and Josh Dawsey, Politico:* *Trump’s leaks crackdown sends chills through national security world* Agency officials say measures have been taken to isolate leakers, creating a culture of fear. National security officials across the federal government say they are seeing new restrictions on who can access sensitive information, fueling fears in the intelligence and security community that the Trump administration has stepped up a stealthy operation to smoke out leakers. Officials at various national security agencies also say they are becoming more concerned tha...more »

*Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept:* *Rachel Maddow’s Exclusive “Scoop” About a Fake NSA Document Raises Several Key Questions* MSNBC’S RACHEL MADDOW devoted the first 21 minutes of her Thursday night program to what she promoted as an “exclusive” scoop. The cable news host said that someone had sent her a “carefully forged” top-secret NSA document that used a top-secret document The Intercept reported on and published on June 5 as a template. That document — from the June 5 Intercept report — was from an unknown NSA official, and purported to describe Russian attempts to hack electi...more »

Five days ago, Stephen Hawking – or someone who has hacked his computerized speech generator – has told us that Donald Trump is a supervillain who will transform the Earth to another Venus with temperatures at 250 °C and sulfuric acid rains. Wow. Now, every intelligent 10-year-old kid must know why this possibility is non-existent, why the statement is nonsense. Some scientists including Roy Spencer have pointed out how absurd these Hawking's statements were from a scientific viewpoint. But lots of the scientists who have paid lip service to the lies about the so-called global warm...more »

*(Click on Image to Enlarge)* Smile: The family photo of G20 leaders is a tradition which sees the longest-serving leaders get closer to the center, with the country hosting the summit having its head of government in the center. That put Trump second from left, beside Emmanuel Macron, the newly-elected French president and Joko Widodo, the president of Indonesia *Daily Mail:* *New boy Trump is sidelined in G20 family photo - because protocol puts the longest-serving leaders in the middle (but he gets to bond with France's Macron)* * Donald Trump was at the far left of a 'family ph...more »

View of the Department of State in Washington, DC. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters) *Paul Danahar, BBC:** The guilty secret of every diplomat in Washington DC* It's tough being a diplomat when nobody talks to you. It's even worse when they aren't talking to you because they don't think you matter anymore. When he was just a candidate, Donald Trump declared in his first major speech on the issue that "our foreign policy is a complete and total disaster". His solution was to replace it with a slogan: America First. What he hasn't replaced, now that he is president, are the people n...more »

Everyone knows that grotesque slob in New Jersey is the most despised governor in America, probably the most despised governor in American history (not counting convicted criminals like Rod Blagojevich and Frank Murkowski); he and Paul LePage even revel in their unpopularity, as though it were a badge of courage or honor. Even before the beached whale incident, Christie's approval was 15%. Another Republican governor, Nevada's Brian Sandoval, has a really high approval number. In an increasingly blue state, Sandoval-- like Charlie Baker (R-MA) and Larry Hogan (R-MD)-- are seen by ...more »

*Paul Iddon* *Security, * Light flattop serves regional ambitions. Upon overseeing the launch of a domestically-built corvette in July 2017, Turkish Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced his country’s goal of building “our own aircraft carriers” as part of Ankara’s efforts to “become independent in the field of defense by 2023.” “We must move even faster,” Erdogan declared. “We are proud of our ability to build military ships, especially construction of submarines.” Erdogan’s remark isn’t necessarily far-fetched. It comes more than a year after Turkey began construction on the TCG A...more »

*Doug Bandow* *Security, Asia* Is Washington willing to pay a significant price to halt Pyongyang's missile and nuclear development? The latest North Korean missile test has added new urgency to the problem of North Korea. And the allies have no answer and the tensions between them are likely to grow. Newly elected South Korean president Moon Jae-in made his first visit to Washington last week. Both sides downplayed the potential tension from the meeting with President Donald Trump. Moon hails from the left and mixes skepticism of the THAAD antimissile system with support for di...more »

*Kyle Mizokami* *Security, Asia* But would Kim really pull the trigger? North Korea has achieved something remarkable: for an impoverished country with a GDP smaller than that of Rhode Island, it has built a nuclear and ballistic missile program. The result is a growing arsenal of nuclear weapons with an expanding level of reach. While North Korea’s nukes are in all likelihood meant for regime security, in the event of war, Pyongyang would attempt to deliver devastating nuclear strikes against American, South Korean and Japanese forces throughout the region, sapping them of the ...more »

*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Who would win? *While the Air Force aims to prepare for the unlikely contingency of a potential engagement with near-peer rivals such as Russia or China, Air Force planners recognize that there is much more concern about having to confront an adversary which has purchased air-defense technology from the Russians or Chinese. Air Force F-35 developers emphasize that, while there is no particular conflict expected with any given specific country, the service wants to be ready for any contingency. * The Air Force F-35 is using “open air” ranges and comput...more »

North Korea’s successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), allegedly with the capability to hit Alaska, is the latest in a series of significant advances for the country’s missile program. North Korea has been seeking to develop long-range missile technology for over 20 years. For much of this period, the international community has been trying to stop that from happening. My research on how states illegally obtain missile technologies and my experience conducting outreach related to U.N. sanctions give me some insight into the methods North Korea used to make...more »

RTX AIBE layout Watermarked AP Photo/Evan Vucci It emerged early this morning: a few seconds of grainy footage showing U.S. President Donald Trump shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Trump, the taller man, stoops to meet Putin on equal terms. He pats him repeatedly on the elbow, and then on the back. Later, as they sat side-by-side in matching cream-colored chairs, Trump called it “an honor” to meet Putin. The Russian president noted that they had talked on the telephone several times, but that talking on the telephone is nev...more »

On the morning of June 30, 2017, a federal judge sentenced an Amish man to six years in prison. His crimes: making and selling herbal health products that were not “adequately labeled”, and obstructing a federal agency. RELATED ARTICLE: FDA wants to jail Amish man 48 years for selling herbal remedies people love According to

If you’ve ever taken a toddler to a restaurant, or any place in public really, then you know how touch and go things can be; crying, screaming and running around like crazy people are all possible outcomes. Toddlers can be unpredictable. However, they are still children and taking them in public should still be a teaching

One week ago Scott William Mieras, remembered as an “honest and warm person,” was killed in a house bus crash in North Canterbury, New Zealand. Mieras, of Takaka in the Tasman district, died when his bus crashed through the railings of a bridge, landing in a shallow area of the Waiau River. He was 60

On June 29th, after admitting that he illegally treated patients at his luxurious wellness center, “without medical or scientific training”, Robert O. Young was sentenced to five months in jail. (He was convicted last year on two counts of practicing medicine without a license and pleaded guilty earlier this year to two additional felony counts.)

“Big, bright, beautiful spiral, Messier 106 dominates this cosmic vista. The two degree wide telescopic field of view looks toward the well-trained constellation Canes Venatici, near the handle of the Big Dipper. Also known as NGC 4258, M106 is about 80,000 light-years across and 23.5 million light-years away, the largest member of the Canes II galaxy group. *Click image for larger size.* For a far away galaxy, the distance to M106 is well-known in part because it can be directly measured by tracking this galaxy's remarkable maser, or microwave laser emission. Very rare but naturally...more »

“It’s what you do: not just play the score, but make new music with what you have, then with what you have left.” - Itzhak Perlman, after completing a concerto performance with a broken string on his violin.

*“In Place of Belief”* by Chet Raymo “A lightning storm the other night, slipping down from Florida. For an hour we sat on the terrace and watched the northern sky blaze with pyrotechnics, the best we'd ever seen, almost continuous rivers of electricity streaming between the clouds, clouds heaped like mountains and lit from within. After some particularly sky-filling explosions we could not resist applause. From horizon to horizon, from Andros to San Salvador the streamers ran, trailing their rumbles of far-off thunder. So much energy! Energy entirely beyond the human capacity to c...more »

One way for Democrats to start winning elections and rebuilding their tattered brand would be to pay very close attention to all the advice they get from Mark Penn-- and then do the exact opposite. Yesterday Penn teamed up with Andrew Stein to tell the Democrats all they need to know about how to continue losing. Penn's an ad guy, poster and political strategist. He's always wrong about everything and his advice very much helped turn the personal brands of both Bill Clinton and Tony Blair to shit. He was a key Hillary Clinton advisor in 2008 and most observers of that race give him...more »

[image: undefined] A newly announced deal on a ceasefire in southwestern Syria may be an attempt by the United States to save the Syrian rebels from defeat, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Executive Director Daniel McAdams told Sputnik. 'On the Syria "ceasefire" agreement, we need to see the fine print. But I am skeptical that yet another US "ceasefire" proposal for Syria will result in the reduction of violence in that six year war,' McAdams said on Friday. 'It seems whenever the US side experiences significant losses on the battlefield, Washington comes forward with ...more »

Classical Renaissance Video of V9qifdjwmfU On June 30, 2017, singers, teachers and other lovers of wisdom gathered in the New York Public Library's Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, for a symposium which explored the indispensable role of classical music and beauty in society, the need for a scientific tuning of A=432 Hz, and the rich history and depth of knowledge and experience represented by the singers and artists who participated. This unique gathering was part of a two-day tribute to master musician and teacher Sylvia Olden Lee, whose 100th birthday anniversary was c...more »

The US economy increasingly depends on war. Our #1 industrial export product is weapons and the primary job opportunity for high school graduates these days is to join the Army and go kill on behalf of resource extraction corporations. The Democratic Party Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel has just come out with a new policy saying that he won't hand out high school diplomas to graduates in their city unless the kid has been accepted into a college program, has a job, or is going to join the military. Guess which demographic this will impact the most? The US fears Russian and Chines...more »

From *Wikipedia:* Escape from Sobibor is a 1987 British made-for-TV film which aired on CBS.[1] It is the story of the mass escape from the extermination camp at Sobibor, the most successful uprising by Jewish prisoners of German extermination camps (uprisings also took place at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Treblinka). The film was directed by Jack Gold and shot in Avala, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). *Read more* ....more »

So as you can see Trump claimed to be "very honored" to meet with the man who interfered in our presidential election, and may have just hacked into our nuclear power stations. Essentially showing himself to be Putin's bitch right off the bat. As for what they discussed about any hacking, the two sides have very different accounts. Courtesy of Business Insider: *US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that President Donald Trump "pressed" Russian President Vladimir Putin on findings that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, during what Tillerson describe...more »

*The Washington Post*'s Callum Borchers reports that Team Trump was badly outplayed, at least initially: The White House allowed Russia to shape early impressions of Friday's meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin but responded quickly with its own account of the session that cast Trump as the aggressor who led off by expressing concerns about election meddling. Putin got his version of events out first, telling Russian state media outlets that he and Trump discussed “a lot of issues such as Ukraine, Syria, other problems, some bilateral issues.” “We a...more »

*“Hawks”* “Surely, you too have longed for this- to pour yourself out on the rising circles of the air to ride, unthinking, on the flesh of emptiness. Can you claim, in your civilized life, that you have never leaned toward the headlong dive, the snap of bones, the chance to be so terrible, so free from evil, beyond choice? The air that they are riding is the same breath as your own. How could you not remember? That same swift stillness binds your cells in balance, rushes through the pulsing circles of your blood. Each breath proclaims it- the flash of feathers, the chance ...more »

As journalists were hurried out of the room at the G 20 summit in Hamburg to allow Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to discuss the really important things under four eyes for two hours, like how to get the dosh through, Putin leaned over to Trump and ask if these journalists were the ones who […]

[image: cnn-hemorrhaging-viewers-and-poised-to-lose-advertisers] CNN appears to be imploding. The self-induced implosion — brought on by creating fake news, being shown on hidden camera admitting that it’s fake news, and threatening to reveal the identity of a redditor who made a video meme showing President Trump punching CNN in the face — has taken a toll on ratings and may soon take a toll on advertising revenues.

[image: in-poland-trump-defends-western-civilization-and-freedom] Speaking in front of an adoring crowd in Warsaw, Poland, President Donald Trump offered a vigorous defense of Western civilization, the nation-state, borders, freedom, and Christendom. He pointed to a number of forces that threatened to undermine those key values and ideas, ranging from lawless government bureaucracy and a loss of confidence in Western civilization to Islamic extremism and open borders. While his rousing speech inspired patriots and liberty lovers around the world, a crucial threat to what remains of ...more »

*Mathieu Boulegue* *Security, * In times of sanctions, selling military equipment to a Western audience is no small feat for Russia. In this regard, Russia’s relatively low-key presence at the 52nd Le Bourget International Air Show 2017, that took place in Paris between June 19-25, looked somewhat at odds with Rosoboronexport’s usually all-out arms exports strategy. Seeking to find new outlets for cooperation on the world arms market, Russia seemingly adopted a two-prong approach at Le Bourget: aggressive exports-oriented marketing of Russia’s targeted “national champions” and co...more »

*Samuel Bendett* *Security, * The next several years will be pivotal for Russia’s work with its military unmanned aerial vehicles. In a recent interview to Russian daily RIA-NOVOSTI news agency, Russian Vice Premier Dmitry Rogozin made a number of interesting statements about his country's state of military unmanned aerial aviation. Referring to his country's falling behind such UAV leaders as US and Israel, Rogozin confidently remarked that Russia's gap with these two technology leaders has been greatly lessened, and soon Moscow would completely catch up to these two nations an...more »

*Matthew Rojansky, National Interest:* *This Is How the G-20 Summit Helped Trump and Putin Claim Victories* *Don't anticipate a swift improvement in the largely dysfunctional U.S.-Russia relationship. For Putin, the dysfunction is useful for domestic politics.* The much anticipated first face-to-face meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has taken place on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. The two presidents met for over two hours, with only translators and their respective chief diplomats—Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Foreign Minis...more »

With contrived outrage howling about my ears, that can only mean one thing: someone has gone and suggested the Labour Party is in need of added democracy. Specifically, how the party selects and reselects its candidates at election time. As you have no doubt seen, the touchpaper was the election of a Corbyn-supporting majority to officer posts in Liverpool Wavetree, the constituency party of the Corbyn-critical Luciana Berger. As Luciana previously voted to bomb Syria and was seen as a participant in the attempted coup last Summer, without diplomatic niceties the...more »

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (10:45 P.M.) – Moments ago, the Iranian coast guard apprehended four Saudi Arabian sailors after they had entered Iran’s territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. The Saudi vessel was also seized, according to state media in Tehran. The Saudi Arabian crew is currently being interrogated although no further hostilities were reported between the […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria *Reuters:** Trump presses Putin at first meeting on interference in U.S. election* U.S. President Donald Trump pressed Vladimir Putin at their first meeting on Friday about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. The Russian president has denied any meddling in the U.S. democratic process last year and Moscow has asked for proof that it took p...more »

Courtesy of Think Progress: *While President Donald Trump continues to tout “clean” coal, coal baron Robert Murray says it’s just a fantasy. * *“Carbon capture and sequestration does not work. It’s a pseudonym for ‘no coal,’” the CEO of Murray Energy, the country’s largest privately held coal-mining company, told E&E News. * *Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), also called carbon capture and storage, is the process of trapping carbon dioxide from a power plant (during or after burning a hydrocarbon like coal) and then storing it permanently, usually underground.* ...... *“...more »

Greetings Friends, Supporters and Family: I apologize for the time it has taken us to write you about our trip and the wonderful June 26th event in t Greetings Friends, Supporters and Family: I apologize for the time it has taken us to write you about our trip and the wonderful June 26th event in the Oglala district on Pine Ridge, in

Having recently watched documentaries of various dismal cults, notably Buddhafields and Scientology, I bethought myself of Moon’s Church, owner of the Washington Times, and my brief association with it ages ago. Thinking that it might be of sociological or psychiatric … Continue reading →

The Columbia River has been contaminated with radioactive waste from Hanford for decades. No one is saying how much waste has contaminated the river since the nuclear site was first developed, but an EPA official recently admitted that radioactive waste was flooding river: Karina Brown. June 8, 2017. Radioactive Waste Still Flooding Columbia River, EPA Says. Courthouse News, https://www.courthousenews.com/radioactive-waste-still-flooding-columbia-river-epa-says/ KENNEWICK, Wash. (CN) – Groundwater contaminated with radioactive waste from the decommissioned Hanford nuclear facility...more »

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria *WNU Editor:* From the BBC .... *It's the first time the two presidents have met - so what did their body language tell us about how it went? Expert Mary Civiello breaks down three key moves*. You have to go to the BBC link to see her video (*the link is here*). I agree with her analysis .... unfortunately she does not analyse the end of the meeting. From my viewpoint .... when the meeting was over a...more »

*because I sure don't.* *Holy Carp - I just got home and realized I never hit the "publish" button. Well - duh! * (strong language alert) A whole bunch of world "leaders" spend untold amount of money to gather together and glad hand each other. I guess they're going to talk about global warming - or some other pointless crapola. While they're having a party the deranged scurvy looking violent anti-capitalist protesters are sucking up public money in the form of extra police to quell the disturbances. And they hope to accomplish what exactly? *Typical G20 protesters * And wow - ...more »

“I feel very bad. We’re on their land,” she says in a soft voice, speaking in downtown Vancouver. Jouny expresses herself easily in English, despite missing school for most of her teens because of the war Fadia Jouny, a 19-year-old Syrian refugee, has recently come back from Winnipeg where she gave a passionate presentation about First Nations, and why refugees need to learn more about their history. Since arriving in Canada in 2015, Jouny has been busy learning not just the English language, but also about Canadian culture, and Indigenous colonization, missing and murdered Indigeno...more »

*"10 Lessons For Modern Society From The Fall Of Ancient Rome"* by Mark Oliver "Every empire falls. There’s no way to stop it. The only we thing can control is how it happens—whether it’ll be a quiet, dignified passing of a torch or the flaming destruction of a nation torn down by barbarians.That’s more or less what happened to Rome, and the aftermath was pure chaos. The fall of their empire sent the European world spiraling into a dark age that took centuries to escape. If we take them time to learn from their history, we’ll see some eerie parallels with our own. And if history rea...more »

A few weeks ago we mentioned that Tom Wakely had decided not to seek the Democratic nomination for Texas' 21st Congressional District. I know Tom well enough that won't be the last time we'll be hearing from him. But it left us in a quandary about a candidate in an important district with a vulnerable and villainous incumbent and a DCCC recruit who has every marking of a disaster: a rich, "ex"-Republican, Joseph Kopser, widely disliked in Austin by progressives and activists. Just right for the DCCC-- and for anyone hoping to see Lamar Smith serve for another couple of years. Blu...more »

[image: what-is-the-alternative-as-public-schools-degenerate] Public schools are more left-wing indoctrination centers than educational facilities — as test scores attest — so since the schools cannot be fixed, what should parents do?

[image: in-poland-trump-touts-intervention-and-entangling-alliances] Despite defending Western values, nationhood, and Christianity in his historic July 6 speech in Warsaw, Poland, President Donald Trump also made a number of remarks appearing to subtly promote U.S. intervention overseas, as well as entangling alliances with transnational institutions. Some of the rhetoric — full-blown support for NATO, for example, or demanding that the Kremlin stop aiding the Syrian regime in its war against Islamist rebels — marked a sharp contrast with his anti-globalist campaign speeches promot...more »

*FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2017But also, as a sign of the times:* We don't know why people want to do things like this so badly. We refer to this, the start of a new post by Kevin Drum: DRUM (7/7/17): A couple of weeks ago, Kellyanne Conway denied that the Senate health care bill cut Medicaid. “These are not cuts to Medicaid,” she said. “This slows the rate for the future.” *This is the lamest, tiredest trope imaginable, and it’s flat-out false.* In inflation-adjusted dollars—the only kind that honest people use—CBO estimates that the Senate bill cuts Medicaid spending by about 18 percent ...more »

By Paul Homewood The announcement by Volvo this week that all their new cars launched after 2019 will be either pure electric or hybrid has generated the usual hype about how electric cars will soon take over from petrol. For instance, the Daily Mail here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4666422/Geelys-Volvo-electric-new-models-2019.html?ITO=1490 I think you know my views (!), […]

*CBC:* *Government formally apologizes to Omar Khadr, as Andrew Scheer condemns 'disgusting' payout* Former Guantanamo Bay detainee received $10.5M Wednesday, sources tell CBC News The federal government has formally apologized to former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, confirming Friday a financial settlement has been reached to end ongoing legal action. "On behalf of the government of Canada, we wish to apologize to Mr. Khadr for any role Canadian officials may have played in relation to his ordeal abroad and any resulting harm," Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and ...more »

*DW:** China's huge Liaoning aircraft carrier sails into Hong Kong* Beijing has used its aircraft carrier's maiden voyage to tighten is grip over the island. Concerns about democracy in Hong Kong have been raised on the 20th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. Hong Kong has traditionally been more used to hosting US warships, but on Friday morning Beijing's first operational aircraft carrier, known as the Liaoning, cruised into the city's harbor. The Liaoning's maiden voyage into Hong Kong was part of a series of celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of t...more »

The two B-1B Lancers had earlier trained with Japanese jet fighters in the neighbouring East China Sea. (Supplied: Reuters/US Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan) *ABC News Online:** South China Sea: US bombers challenge China territorial claim with bombers flight* Two US bombers have flown over the disputed South China Sea, the US Air Force has said, asserting the right to treat the region as international territory despite China's claim to virtually all of the waterway. The flight by the B-1B Lancer bombers from Guam on Thursday came as US President Donald Trump and Chine...more »

June Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are now available, and we can see ocean temps dropping further after a short pause and resuming the downward trajectory from the previous 12 months. HadSST is generally regarded as the best of the global SST data sets, and so the temperature story here comes from that source, the latest […]

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson admits that Russia may have a better approach to Syria and the US. He also said that the US and Russia have the same overall goals in Syria. The post TILLERSON: ‘Maybe Russia has the right approach to Syria and maybe the US has the wrong approach’ appeared first on The Duran.

It was a political victory for both Putin and Trump with possibly important short-term geo-political implications. The post 7 things you need to know about the results of the Trump-Putin meeting appeared first on The Duran.

Video of bFjXGw1440M Today we feature the keynote remarks by Helga Zepp-LaRouche to the "Food For Peace, Food For People, Food For Thought: The New Name For Peace is Economic Development" conference in New York City, cosponsored by the Schiller Institute, the China Energy Fund Committee, and the Foundation for the Revival for Classical Culture. The simultaneous occurrence of this conference and the G20 in Hamburg, Germany, at which Presidents Putin and Trump had their first face-to-face meeting, which reportedly lasted for over two and a half hours, pose a promising gateway for th...more »

*Matthew Rojansky* *Politics, Eurasia* [image: Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to U.S. President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria] Don't anticipate a swift improvement in the largely dysfunctional U.S.-Russia relationship. For Putin, the dysfunction is useful for domestic politics. The much anticipated first face-to-face meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has taken place on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. The two presidents met for over two ho...more »

*Nikolas K. Gvosdev* *Politics, Eurasia* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria] Nobody should expect major changes to happen overnight. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were scheduled to meet for only about thirty minutes, but they remained closeted together for over two hours today on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the first face-to-face meeting of the two presidents, even longer than the ninety minut...more »

Originally posted on Science Matters: ? https://i0.wp.com/www.earthrangers.com/content/wildwire/small_arctic_ice_shield_credit_L_Sciullo.jpg The background for the compilation series is provided in the first post along with my starting point analyzing temperature records. See Climate Compilation Part I Temperatures Compilation II Arctic Sea Ice (link to category) Another preoccupation has been the fluctuating Arctic Sea Ice extents. I noticed that warmists…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley In November 2015, just before the faithful gathered around their capering, gibbering witch-doctors and shamans in Paris for the New Superstition’s annual festival of thanks and praise, hugs and back-slapping, the Inconvenient Pause lengthened to 18 years 9 months. One-third of Man’s entire…

Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood Another gem from Katharine! If you look at the Southeast, they are very vulnerable along the coastline to hurricanes and storms……. So the latest projections are not for any more frequent hurricanes but for stronger hurricanes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/aug/25/how-talk-climate-sceptic? In fact the US has…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: by Rud Istvan, ? EPA administrator Pruitt wants to “Red Team” the catastrophic anthropogenic global warming (CAGW) consensus best reflected in the IPCC assessment reports (AR). At its core, CAGW rests on just three propositions: 1. CO2 is a ‘greenhouse’ gas retarding radiative cooling. This should not be…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: From Eurekalert, New framework accounts for conflicting estimates of global temperature increases Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ? AUDIO: SEAS researchers Peter Huybers and Cristian Proistosescu resolved a major conflict in estimates of how much the Earth will warm in response to a…

Originally posted on Watts Up With That?: Cartoon by Josh at cartoonsbyjosh.com Guest essay by Michael Bastasch A new study found adjustments made to global surface temperature readings by scientists in recent years “are totally inconsistent with published and credible U.S. and other temperature data.” “Thus, it is impossible to conclude from the three published…

Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby ? ? ? Tesla to build world’s largest lithium ion battery in Australia, reports the BBC. An Australian state will install the world’s largest lithium ion battery in a “historic” deal with electric car firm Tesla and energy company…

*Al Jazeera*: *Egypt: 26 soldiers killed in Sinai suicide attack* *At least 26 soldiers killed in suicide bombing at army checkpoint near Rafah in northern Sinai, security sources say.* At least 26 Egyptian soldiers including a colonel were killed in a suicide bomb attack on an army checkpoint in northern Sinai, according to security sources. Another 40 fighters were killed in a subsequent gun battle with soldiers at the checkpoint, an army spokesperson said on Friday. *Read more *.... *WNU Editor:* Apparently the Egyptian forces were able to respond .... *Egyptian Security Forc...more »

*VOA: **Sources: US, Russia Reach Deal on Syria Cease-fire* HAMBURG, GERMANY — The United States and Russia have reached agreement on a cease-fire in southwest Syria, three U.S. officials said Friday as President Donald Trump held his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The deal marks a new level of involvement for the U.S. in trying to resolve Syria's civil war. Although details about the agreement and how it will be implemented weren't immediately available, the cease-fire is set to take effect Sunday at noon Damascus time, said the officials, who weren't autho...more »

[image: undefined] As Donald Trump and Vladimir Puting meet in Hamburg, Germany at the G20, the headlines blare. From NBC News: Trump Carries a Weak Hand Into Putin Meeting From the Washington Post: Trump and Putin hold talks as the world watches From ABC News: Trump, Putin high-stakes meeting underway But why is this a high-stakes meeting? Why is the world watching? and Why does Trump carry a "weak hand"? In a sane world, a meeting between Trump and Putin would go like this, as they pass in the hotel corridor of a vacation spot: Putin: Hey Donnie, how is it going? Trump: Grea...more »

[image: undefined] As Donald Trump and Vladimir Puting meet in Hamburg, Germany at the G20, the headlines blare. From NBC News: Trump Carries a Weak Hand Into Putin Meeting From the Washington Post: Trump and Putin hold talks as the world watches From ABC News: Trump, Putin high-stakes meeting underway But why is this a high-stakes meeting? Why is the world watching? and Why does Trump carry a "weak hand"? In a sane world, a meeting between Trump and Putin would go like this, as they pass in the hotel corridor of a vacation spot: Putin: Hey Donnie, how is it going? Trump: Grea...more »

[image: undefined] As Donald Trump and Vladimir Puting meet in Hamburg, Germany at the G20, the headlines blare. From NBC News: Trump Carries a Weak Hand Into Putin Meeting From the Washington Post: Trump and Putin hold talks as the world watches From ABC News: Trump, Putin high-stakes meeting underway But why is this a high-stakes meeting? Why is the world watching? and Why does Trump carry a "weak hand"? In a sane world, a meeting between Trump and Putin would go like this, as they pass in the hotel corridor of a vacation spot: Putin: Hey Donnie, how is it going? Trump: Grea...more »

[image: undefined] As Donald Trump and Vladimir Puting meet in Hamburg, Germany at the G20, the headlines blare. From NBC News: Trump Carries a Weak Hand Into Putin Meeting From the Washington Post: Trump and Putin hold talks as the world watches From ABC News: Trump, Putin high-stakes meeting underway But why is this a high-stakes meeting? Why is the world watching? and Why does Trump carry a "weak hand"? In a sane world, a meeting between Trump and Putin would go like this, as they pass in the hotel corridor of a vacation spot: Putin: Hey Donnie, how is it going? Trump: Grea...more »

Courtesy of Bloomberg: *Hackers working for a foreign government recently breached at least a dozen U.S. power plants, including the Wolf Creek nuclear facility in Kansas, according to current and former U.S. officials, sparking concerns the attackers were searching for vulnerabilities in the electrical grid. * *The rivals could be positioning themselves to eventually disrupt the nation’s power supply, warned the officials, who noted that a general alert was distributed to utilities a week ago. Adding to those concerns, hackers recently infiltrated an unidentified company that mak...more »

*Yes, on top of the two previous posts of today- I've got a third.* *Give the interview a listen*: *Conjuring Hitler: How Britain & America Made the Third Reich* *Read about the unsigned deal between Russia and the US for Southwestern Syria- I'm waiting to see what Israel gets out of this ! * *US & Russia Agree To Ceasefire in Southwest Syria: Lavrov* *Then read this item from Janes: * Key Points - *Turkey is likely to seek a leading role in enforcing a future de-escalation zone in Idlib province *to ensure its Syrian proxies are represented in Syria's post-war governanc...more »

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg. Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/TASS *WNU Editor:* RT is reporting that Syria, Ukraine, Cybersecurity (election hacking?), and fighting terrorism were discussed. I expect more details will be released later. As to what is my impression .... the meeting was slated for 35 - 40 minutes ..... they talked for over 2 hours plus. When you look at the pictures and videos before the meeting .... Putin was distant and Trump was Trump. After the meeting, you can tell that Russian President Putin was relieved .... a...more »

[image: 100-000-protestors-from-around-the-world-descend-on-hamburg] One hundred thousand useful idiots have descended on Hamburg, carefully trained and fully funded by wealthy globalists, the same wealthy globalists who the mob think they are protesting.

[image: don-t-call-it-sex-change-it-s-now-gender-confirmation] Political correctness has taken a bizarre turn with the news that what was once called “sex change” surgery is now being referred to in “transgender” circles as “gender confirmation.”

*Dave Majumdar* *Security, * Who wins? *The Tu-160--while it looks similar to the B-1B--is a very different aircraft. The Soviet Union designed the Blackjack primarily as a means to deliver a nuclear strike during World War Three. However, the Soviets designed the jet mainly as a means to deliver nuclear-tipped cruise missiles--though the aircraft retained the ability to do low-level penetration. As such, the Tu-160 is much larger and much faster than the B-1B--with a maximum takeoff weight of over 606,000lbs and top speed greater than Mach 2.05. By contrast, the B-1B weighs in...more »

*I would still like a bit more verification and information regarding this deal. Details are still to follow.* *At this time it's being reported the final agreement has not been signed * *RT* “*In this zone [in southern Daraa, Quneitra and As-Suwayda **provinces] the ceasefire regime will take effect on July 9 starting 12:00 Damascus time*,” Lavrov said. *“The US took an obligation that all the militant groups, located there, will comply with the ceasefire.”* The ceasefire was agreed by experts from Russia, the US and Jordan, who negotiated a memorandum on the creation of a de-escal...more »

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:15 P.M.) – The ISIS terrorist group has carried out a brutal shock raid against Iraqi soldiers belonging to the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the town of Imam Gharbi, Dijla Province. Imam Gharbi is south of the area of al-Qayyarah where, yesterday, an ISIS anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) team blew up a […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet for 2 hours and 20 minutes. They had been scheduled to meet for only 35 minutes. The post Syrian ceasefire deal after Trump-Putin meeting appeared first on The Duran.

Is there any reason to talk about the tweet the president posted this morning? Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 7, 2017 Trump sent this fact-challenged tweet a few hours before meeting with the man behind the hacks of both Podesta and the Democratic National Committee. (Trump conflated the two hacks.) The president might have been riffing on recent articles in the right-wing press that were presumably fed to him by his staff (e.g., "Republicans Want Answers ...more »

The City of Mississauga has a community recognition program, through which community groups can have their banner fly at City Hall for a day. When the program was announced, I said to a few of my union sisters, "I know a flag I'd like to see there...". I was only joking -- but they took me seriously! This morning, to the astonishment of many, the beautiful pink CUPE 1989 banner is flying beside Mississauga City Hall! This week marks one year since the members of CUPE Local 1989, Mississauga Library Workers, walked off their jobs and onto the picket lines. It was the first stri...more »

Below is my friend Robert David Steele's powerful forward to the book I'm currently writing - *Pedophilia & Empire: Satan, Sodomy & the Elite*. Although I have been a spy for my country – a clandestine operations officer or case officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) – and am very familiar with blackmail, bribery, and the assorted perversions that common at all levels of society from the wealthiest elite to the basest rogues in the gutters and slums – it was not until recently that I have realized that every aspect of our government, economy, and society is cont...more »

In this “Making Change” video, we profile 35-year-old Nick Tilsen, a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation. Tilsen was at Standing Rock with the Indigenous People’s Power Project and worked to train thousands of resisters how to take nonviolent direct action against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Last fall, he was arrested for being chained to an excavator — but for Tilsen, that was just another hurdle in his ongoing fight to empower indigenous communities. Tilsen was born into activism. His parents, Mark Tilsen and Joann Tall, met during the American Indian Movement (AIM) standoff with...more »

*TASS*: *Putin and Trump meet on sidelines of G20 summit* *If Moscow and Washington want to iron out pressing issues together, phone talks are not enough, face-to-face meetings between leaders are essential, says President Putin* HAMBURG, July 7. /TASS/. Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are having a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit. The meeting is being held in Congress Center Hamburg. Taking part in it are Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. If Moscow and Washington want to iron out pressing issues to...more »

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria *Reuters:* *Trump calls first Putin meeting an 'honor', cites 'very good' talks* U.S. President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that it was an "honor" to meet him for the first time and said he looked forward to "positive things" in the relationship between the former Cold War rivals. The face-to-face encounter between Trump and Putin at a Group of 20 summit in Germany was one ...more »

Suing the government is difficult. And because public universities often function as an arm of state governments, that makes them hard to sue, too, a fact reiterated in a whistleblower case decided earlier this year. In January, Judge David Hale of the Western District of Kentucky dismissed a lawsuit filed by former employees of the […] The post Failed whistleblower suit is a reminder that public universities are hard to sue appeared first on Retraction Watch.

CO-06 forms a large "U" around the southern, eastern and northern suburbs of Denver. Serial DCCC incompetence has kept it in a weird status as a blue district with a Republican congressman. Obama won the district against McCain 54-45% and against Romney 52-47%. Last year, Hillary won the district 50.2% to 41.3%. Meanwhile the DCCC has managed to screw up every congressional race since Coffman was first elected in 2008. Last year, while Hillary racked up her big win over Trump there, Republican incumbent Mike Coffman won with as big a margin against the DCCC canddiate-- 191,626 (50...more »

*FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2017Part 4—Notes from our failing Oran:* At the end of Camus' famous novel, The Plague, the sun-splashed city of Oran has been liberated from the grip of a pestilence. The gates to the city are open again as a long quarantine is lifted. According to Camus' narrator, "ecstatic couples, locked together, hardly speaking, proclaimed in the midst of the tumult of rejoicing, with the proud egotism and injustice of happy people, that the plague was over, the reign of terror ended." It's left to Dr. Rieux, newly revealed as the story's narrator, to note that "the plague ...more »

Courtesy of NPR: *Hobby Lobby, the Oklahoma-based chain of arts and crafts retail stores, has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and forfeit thousands of ancient clay tablets and clay bullae that were smuggled into the United States with improper labels. * *The announcement by the Justice Department says Hobby Lobby bought over 5,500 artifacts, such as clay tablets and blocks with cuneiform writing, and cylinder seals for $1.6 million. The artifacts, originally from Iraq, were shipped to the company from the United Arab Emirates and Israel with labels that described them as "ceramic ...more »

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